Posts in Books We Love

We love sewing books here at CityCraft. Books are great. Sewing is great. Books about sewing? FABULOUS. Modern Minimal by Alissa Haight Carlton, the founder of the Modern Quilt Guild, just arrived here in the shop. It’s a visually stunning book with plenty of fresh,... [+]

Thanks to my scattered brain and lack of an auto-save function in the newsletter creation process, Kelli’s tutorial picks were inadvertently left off yesterday’s newsletter!! EEK! Bad, bad, bad. So sorry Kelli! Kelli’s Picks!   Quilted Coaster Set “I love this project. I often make... [+]

Take a peek inside “I Am Cute Dresses”… I Am Cute Dresses

Come visit us this week and check out these highly-anticipated new books:

Perfect for a play date.

Today’s post on Design Sponge about this super cool Helvetica cross-stitch kit got me buzzing about cross-stitch and embroidery – which for some reason is such a cool weather activity for me. Curling up under a blanket on the couch with a soothing hand embroidery... [+]

Lots of our CityCrafters have asked me to create a hand embroidery “how-to” class, and while we have toyed around with the idea of the class there are several reasons why we haven’t added one to our schedule yet. First, it’s important to me that... [+]